bind oneself
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Wherefore if in taking a vow, it is one's intention and will to bind oneself to fulfil it at once, one is bound to fulfil it immediately.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
Discussing divorce he claims as essential to manhood the right to bind oneself and to be taken at one's word.
From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie
Its root is that of the verb "rotisya," to bind oneself by an oath; and it is generally admitted to be only another form of "rota," which now signifies a "regimental company."
From The Prince by Machiavelli, Niccolò
One thing would be terrible," said he: "to bind oneself forever to a suffering man.
From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
To bind oneself to live with a man when perhaps we have ceased to care for him; it’s hideous.”
From All Roads Lead to Calvary by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
